Allan Anderson wrote: > > On Thu, 12 Dec 1996, Jens B. Jorgensen wrote: > > > Fred Zarnowski wrote: > > > > > > I am trying to install Debian on a laptop with no network connection and > > > no > > > CDROM. I have been ftp'ing files to a W95 desktop then sneaker net via > > > floppy to the laptop. Unfortunately, I haven't solved large files like > > > Xbase that won't fit on a 1.44 floppy. I did get minicom going on the > > > laptop so I could download from a BBS if I could find one. > > > > > > I would appreciate any suggestions or comments. Thanks. > > > > I would reccommend using a null-modem serial connection between your > > laptop > > and the machine which has the debian files. The newer versions of 95's > > dialup > > networking support this. Just get ppp set up on the laptop and proceed > > from there. > Even better, if you have a program like LapLink, or DOS's Intersvr and > Interlnk, you can use a null parallel cable. It's amazingly faster. >
Ummmm, yeah sure, if only you could find a Linux port of LapLink or Intersvr... Linux has PLIP too but I don't think you can get PLIP for DOS. Jens B. Jorgensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
